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What does conform mean?

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Verb
  1. (to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
  2. (intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
  3. (transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
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Human actions and reactions do not conform to the laws of physics, mechanics, or the natural sciences.
It is important to consider the origin of the desire to conform to a societal image.
We are not doing it in order to conform with societal norms or expectations.
The fundamentalist is always trying to conform his or her experience to his or her orthodox belief, to his or her fundamentalism.
We extended the analysis to the five cowbird species that conform a monophyletic group in the phylogeny.
It all seemed a bit too easy and specific, not cool and abstract enough too conform to the universalist ambitions of modernism.

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